This is Sarah Stewart-Holland.

This is Beth Silvers.

You're listening to Pantsu Politics, where we take a different approach to the news. Thanks for being here.

We are here for our first episode after the 2024 election where Donald Trump won

in a decisive victory over Kamala Harris.

Republicans took control of the Senate, and we are still waiting for the results of which party will

take control of the House. But it feels good to be here in person, recording together for this

a very impactful moment. Yes, our sound quality is going to be a little different than what you normally

hear because we are in a Boston hotel room, but it is nice to be in person together. We say all

the time together is what we have, and we have it today in an even more present energetic way,

and I hope that you all can feel as you're listening like you're in the room with us too.

And if you want to be together in other ways with each other,

our substack community has really been showing up in the last few days.

It just feels like a DM.

It just feels like a group chat,

like a really good Instagram DM group or a phone group chat in the chat

where everyone's just showing up saying what they're

feeling. You can reply in that. You can start a new thread. Like I just, that's where I've started to go

when I need something to do on my phone. Well, people are sharing a lot of photos too, which really

changes the conversation. It just feels like people are really viving there, and I enjoy it.

I find it very uplifting. And I'm so appreciative of all of you who've decided we're going to

make this thing happen here. So if you want to be with people who are doers like that, get involved

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